Once preferred notes then coins

After the liberation of Bulgaria is real chaos gold - along with Turkish liras in circulation are the Austrian ones, the French "napoleon" and even some Russian ruble gold left over from the Liberation voyna.Parvite notes, however, are in official use, are "gold" French francs, which were a gold equivalent. It is created with the BNB of January 25, 1879 At that time the accounts of all state institutions and the state budget be kept in French francs. Coins of the countries of the Latin Monetary Union are considered equivalent to the French franc. Government of Petko Karavelov bravely joined Bulgaria to the predecessor of modern currency boards. And sense leva francs.

English first gold with a nominal value of BGN 10 and BGN 20 were minted in 1894 when the government of Konstantin Stoilov. However, the lev was so strong that officials would prefer to take their salary bills because coins weighing them, and punching their pockets and losers.